Chhattisgarh to celebrate Holi today

 

 

 

Holi, the festival of colours, will be celebrated with enthusiasm across State on Friday.

According to Hindu mythology, the Holi comes from an intriguing tale of a vicious king and his determined son. Evil king, Hiranyakashipu, who became arrogant and wanted to be worshiped by every person in the kingdom. However, his son Prahlad denied him and continued worshipping Lord Vishnu. This caused an immense wave of rage in the evil king, the consequences of which were suffered by Prahlad in the form of brutal punishments. Despite all this, the strong belief of Prahlad enabled him to get through this cruelty and he kept praising Vishnu. Seeing his own defeat, Hiranyakashipu couldn’t control his anger and asked his sister Holika to sit on a pyre with Prahlad in her lap. Holika was known to be immune to fire but she didn’t know that it only worked if she entered the fire alone. Consequently, Holika was burnt to death, and Lord Vishnu saved Prahlad. The burning of Holika is celebrated as Holi. Because of the defeat of the evil king, Holi is also called ‘Victory of Good Over Evil.’ Another story linked with throwing colored powders on each other is the love story of Krishna and Radha. Krishna was poisoned as a baby by some demons and turned a blue colour. He fell in love with Radha and was worried that Radha would reject him because of his skin colour. Krishna’s mother suggested that he playfully colour Radha’s face with some colours. He did so, and Radha fell in love with him.

Pandit Ashok Dubey informed that the Holi would be celebrated with enthusiasm in the state on Friday. It is celebrated in Phalguna month on Purnima Tithi, he added. People will apply gulal on each other and exchange Holi greetings. Various cultural events will be conducted in

Raipur city on the occasion of the Holi festival. In Raipur city, Holika